Seenia's thoughts

 25 January'23 A day to remember; winter morning and sworm of beings in Black with a pinch of yellow. No, I was not in Antarctica and the beings referred here are certainly not penguins, although the ice cold weather indeed reminded me of them. I am talking of the freshly enrolled Chartered Accountants' Convocation Ceremony at Delhi. And Yes, can say proudly and happily , I am one of those too. :) This is the day every student awaits to see when they enter into this nerve wrenching course. Through coachings where we spend most of our day to the heap of books with front page of each saying - "CA Seenia Thukral" - We embibe our dream all around us. It is a journey - of patience, failure, preservarance, frustration, happiness, learnings, networking, professionalism, competition, self doubt while also self confidence and to sum it ; a life altering experience!  My day started with rising from refreshing lapse of rest from the train journey preceding day with my parents to...

  Dear Delhi ! Dear Delhi, I won’t ask you, how are you; coz I know you would be still glittering as always! It’s been long that we have had a conversation, and there is so much I want to say to you, so I thought of writing this to you! You know, it’s been 10 years and still you surprise me every day! From those flowers blooming by the side of India Gate to those puddles of water reflecting the glittery bangles in Chandni Chowk, you surprise me every day with your charms, at times little, at times too wide ! When I met you 10 years back, I was a naïve girl coming out of a secured place to explore something new in my life, to get more opportunities, to have this grace to be in this heart of India, as they called it, I was yet to find that for myself! I’ll be honest, you scared me initially, you had so much of commotion , and you were so restless, always running here and there, that too for hours, getting stuck, getting back running again ! I could never get it. Such hassle – was it ...